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New screenshots link for the missions of the authors: marshall banana, Moghedian, Sensut, The Watcher, Yandros
Latest news link for the missions of the authors: darthsLair, DrK, dyald, GORT, Haplo, marshall banana, Moghedian, Sensut, The Watcher, Yandros, Zontik
Filled in the Current status for the mission of the author: nightshifter
Updated the Current status for the missions of the authors: darthsLair, GORT, marshall banana, Sensut, Shadowhide
Updated profile of the authors: marshall banana, nightshifter, The Watcher

Color code change for the mission of the author: marshall banana (orange into green)

Last edited by The Phantom; 2nd Apr 2010 at 15:58.
Reason: forgot a latest news mention

Requests & Offerings

- authors who are looking for help with their upcoming FM, in the form of beta- or alpha-testing, voice acting or development assistance;

- members who offer their talent in the form of FM development assistance, like making custom resources, creating camvator sequence / briefing movies, etc.

Those who fit the above criteria are free to send a Private Message with the info they like to see mentioned.
Those who are interested in one of the offerings/requests listed below can contact them by PM.

A link to this post is added near the top of the thread's 1st page for reference.

So far we have:

OFFERINGS

GORT
Offers: to make a custom object or AI for your FM.
PM him with the details on what you want for your objects or AIs.

Looking For Info news:
i'm at the final remaking of the entire map, i have only to set the objectives again, finish some places, beta-test and release it. I hope the inspiration don't go away like the last time \/.

Abandoned mission: If at First

Spiders abandoned his Thief 2 FM If at First over two years ago so for most this is no news anymore.

I contacted him again recently after a re-appearance on the forums, asking if he might get back to it someday, but he stated that the files are sadly long gone.
He suggested that the following "postmortem explanation" of his project could be shared with the community. Some of you might be interested or get inspired by it.

If at First was a four-mission campaign. It started with a city mission in which the player could work their way from the lowliest slums to the most towering high-class districts, and then the infiltration of the Mansion of Interest would ensue. Mission 2 was an exploration of that mansion and, mission 3 was a short, dialog-heavy interlude in which Garrett (in disguise) would meet with a few people and discuss some pretty intense plot twists that occurred in mission 2. Mission 4 was a return to that original mansion, and it would end with a very Noir-ish, disturbing conclusion that would leave Garrett in the clutches of the Wardens. The plot was a whopper (I had 15 or more pages of notes on it), and I can't even remember all the intrigue and subterfuge that was supposed to go on at this point. It had a lot to do with Ramirez.

I'd finished about 60% of the campaign. It was looking very nice and I was intending to release sometime the following year, and then a hard-drive crash ensued and I completely lost the will to start over. All the files are now completely lost, and there's no hope of resuming work. Years later, it's very heartening to know that there are still some people out there who wonder what's been going on with the project. I really do appreciate your interest, Phantom.

I believe I did manage to save an Area Brush of this pub, which I was particularly proud of. If I can remember how to archive all the textures and such together, I might be able to release it as a tiny morsel of what If at First was supposed to have been.

Changelog

of the Upcoming missions list on the 1st page

Changes implemented from5 April to 24 April 2010

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Three authors removed:
- KellyG, with the FM 'Untitled' (for T2). Reason: no news for over a year
- Morrgan, with the FM 'The Greyfeather Gems Part 3' (for T2). Reason: no longer in development (more info here)
- Zontik, with the FM 'King's Story' (for T2). Reason: mission released! (go to thread)

New screenshots link for the mission of the author: casalor
Latest news link for the missions of the authors: Balboa, casalor, DarkMax, Dront, Eternauta, GORT, LarryG, The Watcher
Updated the Current status for the missions of the authors: Dront, Eternauta, GORT, Shadowhide
Changed the Estimated release date for the missions of the authors: Dront, jericho, Silencium18
Updated profile of the author: Dront, Eternauta